3rd and 4th Grade Spring Activities

Make a spring collage with your child to get them outside and those creative juices flowing!

Create a soda bottle garden that defies gravity! This hanging terrarium is housed in a soda bottle and perfect for crafty kids with a growing green thumb.

How do you tell time without a watch? Use the sun! This simple activity will show your child how to build his own sundial.

Use these pretty egg carton flowers to decorate a spring table. They don't require water, they'll never wilt, and they're perfect for Easter.

Make a bouquet of colorful duct tape flowers in this hands-on spring craft.

This simple "how to make a water wheel" activity makes physics come alive for your child by demonstrating how different kinds of energy work.

Whatever the season, celebrate greenery and growth by helping your child study some delightful spring words.

Learn how to make a weathervane with this fun and simple meteorology project for fourth graders.

Craft butterflies from coffee filters in this sweet spring craft project!

This first grade science activity brings the green grass of early spring inside while teaching your child about the cycles of growth.

Embroidery ain't your grandma's art anymore...it can be adapted to a number of cool designs Jazz up a traditional fabric embellishment with sparkly beads!

Make a seed bomb and let your junior guerilla gardener spread flowers far and wide.

Have your child build his own mini waterfall, and help him develop his planning, problem solving, and architectural skills.

Making decorative pottery is a great way to experiment with making patterns and texture on a traditionally smooth surface.

Your child can cut and fold her way to lots of lovely spring tulips through the art of origami!

What better way to celebrate spring than with a fabulous flower party? Pack the day with fun flower activities and treats for a truly springalicious event!

Put old, worn-out picture books to work by constructing a book birdhouse, perfect for welcoming spring.

Take advantage of the spring and summer sun in this arts and crafts activity that has your learner creating pretty flower prints.

These delicious Easter Basket Cupcakes are a simple, creative holiday treat. These cupcakes sit in waffle bowls with festive coconut grass and jellybean eggs.

Show your fourth grader how to make a delicate, dried flower bookmark with flowers native to their neighborhood.

Merge the excitement of basketball tournaments with students’ excitement about books! This activity gives kids a chance to read and form opinions about the books.

Perk up your front porch with this hanging vase craft, perfect for spring and for getting kids outdoors!

Celebrate spring by creating a cute crawly critter bag to fill with your favorite candy!

Looking for a way to channel your spring fever? Create a beautiful spring centerpiece with your child!

Help your child plant a "tea garden": a garden made of herbs for making teas.

Celebrate spring -- and take care of a little spring cleaning -- with this creative craft that turns a single sock into an adorable rabbit.

Unlike other seed sprouting projects, this one allows kids to compare five different sprouts (either 5 herbs or 5 flowers) by watching them grow in a glove.